Friendly League

SC Braga Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zigmantas Gimbutas started the match with the kick off. 11 minutes into the match, Pistolero Tricolor FC's goalkeeper Fang Bing Lei had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by André Jordão. Pistolero Tricolor FC's Fang Bing Lei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zigmantas Gimbutas in the 12th minute of play. SC Braga's Antonio Adán played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernandão Trigo in the 14th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fernandão Trigo in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Antonio Adán saved SC Braga from getting behind. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Braga's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matthijs Light was slow to take the kick. During this time Pistolero Tricolor FC's players had a chance to rest. 19 minutes into the game, Armando Bela cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Antonio Adán was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 26thth minute of the game Armando Bela who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Braga's Antonio Adán was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Matthijs Light got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Antonio Adán quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Matthijs Light's late challenge caught a SC Braga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matthijs Light helped the player get up and apologised. After 31 played minutes Pistolero Tricolor FC got a freekick which was hit by Matthijs Light. Fang Bing Lei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zigmantas Gimbutas, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After 35 played minutes Pistolero Tricolor FC got a freekick which was hit by Rui Madureira. After 36 played minutes, SC Braga's Quintino Carvalhais shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fang Bing Lei came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SC Braga reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zigmantas Gimbutas in the 42nd minute of play forced Pistolero Tricolor FC's goalkeeper Fang Bing Lei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to SC Braga getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Lu Xun Lei hit a great ball. The supporters of Pistolero Tricolor FC booed when SC Braga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charl De Metser didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 45th minute Matthijs Light shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Adán saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fernandão Trigo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Antonio Adán showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernandão Trigo, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Thiago Xavier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Antonio Adán made a huge save. Fang Bing Lei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quintino Carvalhais, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fernandão Trigo in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Antonio Adán prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 65th minute, Fernandão Trigo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Antonio Adán was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernandão Trigo in the 70th minute of play forced SC Braga's goalkeeper Antonio Adán to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Quintino Carvalhais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SC Braga's Valdomiro Lira managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Armando Bela in the 79 minute of the game. Armando Bela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Adán having to interfere. In the 85th match minute, Pistolero Tricolor FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Domingues to maneuver through the defense. Fang Bing Lei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig-Åke Mattsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Quintino Carvalhais took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fang Bing Lei. Fang Bing Lei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 95th match minute, SC Braga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilário Viegas to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Fernandão Trigo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Antonio Adán. That made the score 1-3 in the 96 minute of play. Pistolero Tricolor FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.